show business

there's no business like show business

but show business should be no business

distraction and escape

is business for an ape

this world of the real

is the world that i feel

and this life isn't easy

but this summer wind is breezy

and it's carrying my thoughts away

to a place that's not so gray

and sunsets and fires should burn orange

so this grayness brings with it a twinge

a twinge of pain from absence

in this land of pound and pence

but i'm here for just a while

so i'll walk this lonely mile

with a smile of recognition

all the while wishin'

that i could smell the mango in your hair

and lay my hand upon your face so fair.